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The Federal University of Uberlândia (, UFU) is a Brazilian public university, located in the southwest of
Minas Gerais Minas Gerais () is one of the 27 federative units of Brazil, being the fourth largest state by area and the second largest in number of inhabitants with a population of 20,539,989 according to the 2022 Brazilian census, 2022 census. Located in ...
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Uberlândia Uberlândia () is a city and municipality in the state of Minas Gerais, southeastern Brazil. It is the second largest city in the state of Minas Gerais after the state capital Belo Horizonte. Its population in 2020 was 699,097, making it the si ...
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. The students are admitted through both annual exams, the
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, and the National High School Exam. , UFU offers 55 undergraduate degrees, including a sought-after
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degrees. It offers 19 doctorate programs, 38 master's degree programs, 34 diplomas and 21 medical residence programs. File:EspaçoFísico2UFU.jpg File:EspaçoFísicoUFU.jpg File:CienciasBiomedicas.jpg File:LaboratoriosMicroImunoUFU.jpg


History

The first colleges were established in 1960s. At August 14, 1969, the Faculty of Law (founded in 1960), Faculty of Philosophy, Science and Languages (founded in 1960), Faculty of Engineering (founded in 1961) and Faculty of Economics (founded in 1963) were united to build the University of Uberlândia (UnU) with the Brazilian Government confirmation by the decree-law nº 762. On May 24, 1978, University of Uberlândia became the Federal University of Uberlândia by the Law N. 6532.


Rankings and reputation

At the national level, in recent years the Federal University of Uberlândia comes to be one of the twenty best public universities of Brazil. Nowadays, it is at the 13th position of the 106 national public universities.


See also

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